Flowers Around The World
I was what you would call an armchair gardener. It’s not that I didn’t have the drive. When I lived in my parents house when I was a teenager, I remember having a flower and garden spot in the backyard that would rock your world. I grew some of the freshest tomatoes and some of the most beautiful daisies that could exist. Then I lived in a small apartment in New-York, I had about no room at all for my possessions. Have something growing was unthinkable.
Then I moved to San Francisco and everything changed. I went to a SF flower and garden show, and was blown away by what I saw. You see, San Francisco has a unique climate. Practically everything that can grow can grow there. It is bright enough for plants that need a lot of sunlight, yet there is enough precipitation for plants that need a lot of moisture. It is not too cold and not too hot. It stays almost the same temperature all year. In short, it is the ideal temperate climate.
Because of that, San Francisco flower and garden shows are known over the globe. They have some of the best and brightest flowers, the freshest fruits and vegetables, and the most striking gourds that people have ever seen. Every garden and flower publication profiles them every year, and each year it is getting better and better. It’s quite impossible not to be obsessed with the idea of growing something on your own when you go to the flower and garden show in San Francisco. The plants look so wonderful, after all that, how could you resist?
